Referee Profile

Adrián Cordero Vega

Spain
La Liga Referee Event coverage · 100%
Birth DateJun 15, 1984
BirthplaceSantander (Cantabria)
FederationRFEF
Top-flight DebutAug 20, 2018
Biography

About Adrián Cordero Vega

Adrián Cordero Vega is a Spanish football referee born in Santander (Cantabria), Spain on 15 June 1984. He made his La Liga debut on 20 August 2018. He is part of the current top-flight refereeing pool in Spain and is regularly relevant for pre-match analysis, appointment previews and VAR-focused discussion.

In the 2025/26 La Liga season, Cordero Vega has officiated 14 league matches, averaging 24.93 fouls, 0.29 penalties, 3.86 yellow cards and 0.14 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a balanced but firm profile, with a solid middle ground in disciplinary terms. For The VAR Verdict, that statistical snapshot helps readers understand the disciplinary threshold and general tone he has shown this season.

Referee Style Balanced but firm
Officiating record

Matches

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Match history

Recent Matches

Historical coverage is selective. We only show seasons and competitions where our sources provide enough verified referee data, so some older seasons may not be available.

Trusted archive

Full Match History

31 matches
Career

Competition & Season History

Historical coverage is selective. Only seasons with sufficient verified referee data are shown; some competitions and older seasons are intentionally unavailable when coverage is incomplete.

La Liga

Spain
31trusted matches

2025/26

100% event coverage · 86.6% league referee coverage
Good coverage
Matches14
Yellow52
Red1
Penalties2
VAR Events3
VAR Apps—

2024/25

100% event coverage · 90.5% league referee coverage
Excellent coverage
Matches17
Yellow85
Red3
Penalties7
VAR Events6
VAR Apps—

Tracked Statistics Snapshot

Matches31
Yellow Cards137
Red Cards4
Penalties9
Yellow / Covered Match4.42
Red / Covered Match0.13
Penalty / Covered Match0.29
VAR & Discipline

VAR Record

Explicit VAR Events9Provider-coded incidents
VAR Appointments—Structured role coverage unavailable
Goal Cancelled6Explicit provider event
VAR Penalty3Explicit provider event

VAR event counts describe provider-coded incidents. They do not represent The VAR Verdict's editorial judgment on whether a decision was correct or incorrect.

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